Alice in Wonderland Touring Exhibit

This exhibit was part of this years Comic-Con. Don't look for it in a town near you, San Diego was it's only US stop. Here are photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/positivespace/sets/72157621729280267/

I'm looking forward to seeing this movie!

"House of Wax" Review

No, this is not the crummy Paris Hilton remake. This is the classic one from 1953. I love waxworks so this movie grabbed my attention. Poor Vincent Price. He is left to burn to death along with his paraffin people by a business partner intent on collecting on the insurance. He resurfaces a few years later, badly disfigured and intent on reopening his wax museum. Bodies go missing fom the morgue. One of the museum's visitors sees a Joan of Arc figure that has a face just like that of her murdered friend. From there the plot thickens. I only had one problem: how could the wax face that covered Price's disfigurment move lke a real face? He was a master sculptor but really! Oh well. They can't all be perfect. Now I want to go to Louis Tussaud's in Grand Prairie again.

Bubbles: O O O 1/2

Nights of Cabiria, House on Haunted Hill

I have figured out a ratings system for my reviews: bubbles instead of stars.

Nights of Cabiria

Ever have one of those days? Well Cabiria has been having one of those lives! She is a hooker looking for love in all the wrong places and suffers betrayal after betrayal at the hands of men who claim the love her. In the end, it is only by losing everything that she regains her purity and respectability. It is one of the all time classic movie endings and I will not give it away here. At times I had difficulty staying focused. I was a little disappointed in the flick.

3 and a half out of 5 bubbles. O O O 1/2

The House on Haunted Hill

Vincent Price makes another appearance in my blog. He and his wife have invited seven guests to spend the night at a haunted mansion and the winner will be given $10,000. His wife has set up this party in order to kill him, but things go horribly wrong. This movie was good, but it did bore me slightly.

Bubbles: O O O (3)

"Glen or Glenda" and "The Tingler" Reviews

Glen or Glenda?

This is the first movie Ed Wood ever made and it shows. It is about a transvestite who must decide whether or not to tell his fiancee about his secret love of women's wear. Smack dab in the middle of this film is the strangest dream sequence you will ever see in your life. Is there a word stronger than weird? If there is even that doesn't begin to describe it! Its on Youtube.com if you want to see Glen or Glenda? or any other Ed Wood film because they are all public domain. I also higly recomend Tim Burton's 1994 biopic Ed Wood, its awesome!

Bubbles: O O O (3) solely because it was so bad it was good.

The Tingler

Horror master Vincent Price stars in this badly made film. When originally shown in theatres, a vibrating divice was installed in some seats and the ads proclaimed the film was shown in "percepto". Somehow the tactic doesn't hold up in the comfort of your own home. The film would have us believe that fear is a parasite living in our spines that will become enormous and kill us if we do not scream. The "tingler", as it is called, looks like a mutant earwig being pulled by wires. Oh, and did I mention that Vincent Price shoots LSD in this film? Yep, he does! Its pretty funny. This film is featured in a book on the Razzie Awards, the antithesis to the Oscars. Films like this make for great late night viewing.

Bubbles: O O O (3) Same reason as above.

Peace,
Amanda

Welcome To The Blog

Hello and welcome to my beautiful blog! I am Amanda, a college student who needs an outlet for her love of film and TV. I will be discussing every thing from hidden gems to "The Best Movie Villans Ever". Tonight or tomorrow I will be watching La Dulce Vita and will possibly review it here, so stay tuned. If there is any film topic you would like to discuss, let me know!

Peace,

Amanda